Peacekeeping forces there in a state of emergency in parts of australia as bush fires burn out of control forcing a rethink for new years eve celebrations. On polar race with all that ice sports including Le Bron James celebrates his 35th birthday in style and reaches a milestone on the court as well. So an iranian backed group targeted by u. S. Air strikes in iraq and syria is now vowing a strong response but the u. S. Is also warning of further action to protect its personnel if necessary 3 belong to the group to type hezbollah. 3 of them in iraq i should say to them and syria was struck killing at least 27 fighters and injuring 51. Now you know that if we are warning the United States as we warned before that theyre illegal presence means they are standing against the iraqi people and the iraqi people have the right to confront them with all types of resistance. Plenty of reaction though a breach of sovereignty is how iraqs outgoing Prime Minister described it irans called it a terr
The next governor of the bank of england. He is no stranger, 30 years of experience in a range of positions. Francine lacqua joining me now to take over hosting bloomberg surveillance. About his experience of Monetary Policy, the economics of the u. K. , and on the regulatory side, and reflecting on the brexit experience, even if many people point out a lack of Monetary Policy setting experience. In terms of market reaction, we do not expect a lot of reaction. Our colleague was pointing out he was widely expected to be the next governor of the bank of england. Move on the ftse 100, equity markets not moving far. We do have confirmation on who the next governor of the bank of england will be, and mark carney has extended his term to the middle of march. Francine thank you so much. Welcome to bloomberg surveillance. Governor of the bank of england will stay until march 15. Andrew bailey is to succeed mark carney. Bailey spent three decades at the bank of england as Deputy Governor. Lets
Nejra welcome to daybreak europe. Lets get a look of the markets. Another day, another record for the s p 500 with communication and tech stocks leading the gains. The s p 500 riding rising above 3200 ever. 3200 for the first times ever. The 10 year yields steady. Still above that 190 handle. Could we push towards 2 on the optimism over u. S. China trade. Atexpect a deal to be inked the start of next year. Lets switch over the board. Yesterday, we touched 31 basis points, the steepest since october 2018 on the 210. That reflects the view in the market that we see a little bit more today. Recession fears receding for 2020. We speak to socgen this hour. They have gloomy forecasts out there. No deal risk has been coming to the top of investor minds again. Oil also heading for a weekly gain on optimism around u. S. China trade even if we are flat today. , andrew of england bailey has been chosen to succeed carney as governor. The chancellor could reveal the appointment later today. Governo
To lebanon. And flooding in indonesia capital forces thousands of people from their homes and leaves behind a trail of destruction. And london with the top stories from europe including austria is conservative leader lays out his policy plans with the greens as the new coalition brings the Left Wing Party into government for the 1st time. For the sports the n. B. A. Pays its tribute to david stern the man who built the modern game while on the court last years most valuable player gets 2020 off to a flying start for the box. So Turkeys Parliament has given the green light to deploy troops to libya this is in support of the un recognized administration in tripoli thats been fighting against the war lord after remember it was his forces who launched that offensive to capture the capital tripoli last april turkey is saying. Troops will protect not only its rights in the mediterranean but its interests in libya like the deals on korea and tripoli recently signed on military cooperation and
Reports on nigerias child brides. To. Welcome to the program. Honesty International Says more than 100. 00 people have been killed in a government crackdown on protests in iran the unrest broke out after fuel prices were increased by up to 50 percent or forces responded to the disruptions with Armored Vehicles a water cannon Supreme Leader ayatollah ali coming out he has described the protests as a security matter. Very Little Information reaches the outside world from iran authorities have shut down the internet whether there are still protests there and where they may be taking place is difficult to verify. Videos from monday evening show angry demonstrators some are demanding that the government step down the protests were sparked by a drastic increase in the price of gasoline u. S. Sanctions and mismanagement are the main causes of irans economic crisis. Also president i have 3 jobs to support myself of course people are upset and now they found a reason to show their dissatisfacti